Homophobie

[homofoˈbiː]

/[homofoˈbiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Homophobie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,283
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbegründete, übersteigerte – eventuell sogar krankhafte – Angst vor, beziehungsweise Aversion und/oder Feindseligkeit gegenüber Homosexualität und Homosexuellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-homophobie · Homophobie · German

Homophobie · rank #18,283 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,283
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH holländischen

Nearest frequency peer: holländischen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Homophobie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Homophobie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Homophobie vs homophob
70% similar
Homophobie vs homophobe
80% similar
Homophobie vs homophoben
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Homophobie
PropertyValue
HeadwordHomophobie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[homofoˈbiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,283
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Homophobie“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Homophobieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „holländischen“ (#18,282), „host“ (#18,284), „hohl“ (#18,281). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Homophobie“ bei #18,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Homophobie (IPA [homofoˈbiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,283 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unbegründete, übersteigerte – eventuell sogar krankhafte – Angst vor, beziehungsweise Aversion und/oder Feindseligkeit gegenüber Homosexualität und Homosexuellen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Homophobie, with forms such as "hhomophobie", "hmoophobie", and "hommophobie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "homophob", "homophobe", "homophoben", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Homophobie, spelled H-O-M-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbegründete, übersteigerte – eventuell sogar krankhafte – Angst vor, beziehungsweise Aversion und/oder Feindseligkeit gegenüber Homosexualität und Homosexuellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Homophobie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es ist ein Vorurteil, dass Homophobie vor allem auf dem Lande verbreitet ist.
  2. „Es ist aber falsch zu glauben, es gäbe keine Homophobie mehr.“

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomophobie
  • hmoophobie
  • hommophobie
  • homohpobie
  • homophboie
  • homophhobie
  • homophobbie
  • homophobei
  • homophoibe
  • homopohbie
  • homopphobie
  • hompohobie
  • hoomphobie
  • ohmophobie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Homophobie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhomophobie1hmoophobie2hommophobie1homohpobie2homophboie2homophhobie1homophobbie1homophobei2
Edit distance from "Homophobie"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Homophobie"?
"Homophobie" is spelled H-O-M-O-P-H-O-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [homofoˈbiː].
What does "Homophobie" mean?
As a noun, "Homophobie" means: unbegründete, übersteigerte – eventuell sogar krankhafte – Angst vor, beziehungsweise Aversion und/oder Feindseligkeit gegenüber Homosexualität und Homosexuellen
What words are commonly confused with "Homophobie"?
"Homophobie" is commonly confused with "homophob", "homophobe", "homophoben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Homophobie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Homophobie" is [homofoˈbiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Homophobie" come from?
"Homophobie" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Homophobie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list